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McCormick's Creek Falls in 1917. The park was named after the area's first settler, John McCormick, who settled on 100 acres (0.40 km 2) there in 1816, along the canyon by the waterfalls. Up to that time, the land had been hunted by Miami Indians. McCormick's Creek Falls is the main attraction at McCormick's Creek State Park.
McCormick's Creek State Park Entrance and Gatehouse is a historic gatehouse situated in McCormick's Creek State Park, located in Washington Township, Owen County, Indiana. Constructed in 1935 by the Civilian Conservation Corps , it is a one-story, T-shaped building made of limestone in the Rustic style with a gable roof.
Location of Allen County in Indiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Allen County, Indiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Allen County, Indiana, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
In addition, the park has a restored French Huguenot house, built by settler Andre Guillebeau shortly after he arrived from New Bordeaux in August 1764 and moved to Hickory Knob in 1983.
CCC Recreation Building-Nature Museum is a historic building located at McCormick's Creek State Park in Washington Township, Owen County, Indiana. It was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933, and is a one-story, frame building with board-and-batten siding and American Craftsman style design elements. It consists of a rectangular hip ...
Stone Arch Bridge over McCormick's Creek is a historic arch bridge located at McCormick's Creek State Park in Washington Township, Owen County, Indiana. It was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1934, and is solidly constructed of mortared roughcut limestone. The round arch has a 54-foot (16 m) span and reaches approximately 25 feet (7 ...
Former state schools Superintendent Jennifer McCormick is the likely Democratic nominee for governor in 2024, where she faces a tough road in deep-red Indiana.
The first state park in Indiana was McCormick's Creek State Park, in Owen County in 1916, followed in the same year by Turkey Run State Park in Parke County. The number of state parks rose steadily in the 1920s, mostly by donations of land from local authorities to the state government. Of the initial twelve parks, only Muscatatuck State Park ...